Most Americans.

• 9 out of 10 voters think family planning services are important



• 78% of those with health insurance favor birth control coverage even if it means a modest increase in health care premiums



• 88.94% responded "No" to the question "Is it fair that insurance companies cover Viagra^®, but not contraception?" (online poll by IVILLAGE.com)

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation (1995)

Lots of Organizations

Below is a partial list of organizations that support equitable contraceptive coverage in health plans.

Alan Guttmacher Institute

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Association of University Women

American Civil Liberties Union - Reproductive Rights

American College of Nurse-Midwives

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

American College of Women's Health Physicians

American Federation of Teachers

American Medical Women's Association

American Public Health Association

American Social Health Association

American Society for Reproductive Medicine

Aradia Women's Health Center

Association of Reproductive Health Professionals

Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses

Aurora Medical Services

Black Women's Health Imperative

Business and Professional Women USA

California Women's Law Center

Catholics For A Free Choice

Center for Advancement of Public Policy

Center for Reproductive Rights

Center for Women's Policy Studies

Children's Alliance

Choice USA: Leadership for a Pro-Choice Future

Coalition for a Jewish Voice

Coalition of Labor Union Women

Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund

Equal Rights Advocates

Hadassah: the Women's Zionist Organization of America

Jewish Women International

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

League of Women Voters

March of Dimes

Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund

NARAL: Pro-Choice America

National Abortion Federation

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund

National Association of Commissions for Women

National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc.

National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health

National Council of Jewish Women

National Council of Negro Women

National Council of La Raza

National Education Association

National Employment Law Project

National Employment Lawyers' Association

National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association

National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health

National Organization for Women (NOW)

Legal Momentum: Advancing Women?s Rights

National Partnership for Women & Families

National Congress of Black Women

National Women's Health Network

National Women's Law Center

Northwest Environment Watch

Northwest Women's Law Center

Office & Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 8

Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health

Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Population Connection

Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association

Service Employees International Union

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS)

Society for Adolescent Medicine

Washington Citizen Action

Washington Employment Lawyers Association

Washington State Council of County and City Employees (AFSCME) Council 2

Washington State Labor Council: AFL-CIO

Washington State Women's Health Care Coalition

Women Employed

Women's Law Center of Maryland, Inc.

Women's Law Project

Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship

Workplace Fairness

YWCA of the USA